, 1887-06-22

District (EU5tSeT) remarked tEr86 he had not
forwarded the voucher in question as he. pres
sumed that all the members were well &C..
quainted with the extent of the demands
made by Soro Academy for the acceptance OF
boys. He thought shat there should be q
high school here of such a character as to
prepare boys for entering the public schools in
Denmark, preparing them particularly IN
German and French, and he thought such q
school could be established here by using the
money now spent on the schools in adifferent
way, without any extra expenditure. He
did not speak for himself, as he had provided
himself with q Governess from home for his
children, but he spoke in the interest of those
who had children and who had in many cases
to abandon their official career here and retire
to Denmark for the sake of their children's'
education. West Indian boys he had been
assured by the director OF the Academy of
Soro, had always been taken into special
cognizance. 1t would therefore be fortunate
if the schools here could mature them for the
test examination in Denmark.
3rd Member for Christiansted's Country
District (LeeUV could not but agree with
the last honourable speaker. His remarks
he did not intend as fault6nding ones, but in
his opinion it depended upon how the money
now used for the department of instruc-
ton was applied. Why was q clergy
man not used as inspector? The Lu-
theran clergyman here had not so much to
do, but that he could unite both these Offices
IN one.
The Governor stated that the Government
would like to be able to establish a school of
the style advocated by the honorable End
member for Frederiksted's Country District
(Svitzer) but he regretted to say; that the Go
vernnent had not the necessary means for
the purpose and could do no more than it
did now. At the present moment, it afforded
a gratuitous education to the poor and gave
q subsidy to a private school, where any dill
gent boy, he was convinced, Il he attendedre-
gularly wouldbeable to attain q certainly limit
ed amount of good elementary knowledge
which could serve as basis for further instruc-
ton at home.
With regard to the remarks made by the
honorable 3rd Member for Frederiksted's
Country District tLeevy) he would state that.
according to the existing School Ordinance
Clergymen could have nothing to do with the
schools. The money was expended in accor-
dance with the Ordinance. 1t was a very
difficult matter to get good teachers, especial
ly in German and French, but those who
wanted them might join and subscribe pri-
vateIy the necessary funds and have a teach
er sent out from Europe, the expenses would
scarcely be as high as when the children had
to be sent to Denmark and then they would be
able to keep their children longer with y n.
Perhaps such an arrangement might, pcovc
satisfactory. ..~.,.
With regard to the question OF Westindiap
bows stepping directly from the schools here
into the schools at Sor0 or Herlufsholm, he
did not think that there was evenin Denmark
any elementary school which could send iua
pupils directly into those higher schools. He
thought it necessary for all those pupils to
pass an examination at the highschool itself
in order to gain admission, and the competition
was keen. He did not see how the. boys of
Westindian parents would possibly be exempt
ed from passing the examination of admission,
like all other Danish boys. If, as the honour
able Member had stated, it were .sosthat boys
from the Westindies after having gained adj
mission into those schools, were admitted in
preference of other boys into the educational
establishment itself (the Academy connected
with those schools, then he conld NOT see thae
anything more could be done for the Westindl.
an parents, he thought however. that the
honorable Member was mistaken, 1T might
nave been SO formerly, but he thought it was
altered now. Anyhow he would inquire about
it. He thought it but reasonable that some
advantage of that kind ought to be secured to
Danes in the Westindies- 81
The Chairman remarked that the honour
able and Member for Ohristianstefs Country